Thank You Evening Display 2019

Thank you for donating your time!

We are hugely grateful to our amazing volunteers who give of their time to support the school.

Thank You Sponsors We are incredibly lucky to secure sponsorship from local individuals and companies.

Thank you for donating to the Future Fund Regular giving to the school’s Future Fund plays a vital role in enhancing the education, of everyone of our student. Over the past thirteen years, £717,000 has been pledged and donated by parents and friends.

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Funds Raised for the WHS Fund 2018 - 2019 Thanks to the generous gifts of current and former students, staff, parents, friends and local business we raised £72,275 last academic year for the Wycombe High School Fund.

Development Office Funds Raised 2018-2019 Future Fund (2018-2019) Development Ambassadors PAFA Guild - (Gift of Piano and Bench) Leaver

Amount £ 53,743.75 £ 6,031.53 £ 10,000.00 £ 1,200.00 £ 2,500.00 £ 72,275.28

Wainright Learning Centre Wycombe High School’s first major fundraising campaign delivered the ‘Wainwright Learning Centre’. Started in 2003, the campaign raised over £650k from parents, friends, former students and staff and business sponsors. The Learning Centre, now housing the Careers Library, is a unique research and independent learning facility providing students (and staff) with a resource centre fit for 21st century learning.

The Forum The Forum was opened in 2009 at a cost of ÂŁ170,000. With the help of parental contributions to the Future Fund, a traditional school canteen was transformed into a modern, wireless networked cafĂŠ-style environment.

Inside

Soft Seating Area

Outside

Refresh of The Forum In 2017 The Forum was re-decorated throughout.

• Replaced tired furniture in soft seating area.

• Re-carpeted soft seating area.

• Repaired, sanded and stained the parquet floor.

Total cost of £16,000.

Extension of The Forum In 2017 we repurposed a classroom to become an additional dining area, ‘The Sandwich Room’, with custom furniture.

Total cost £19,000

Additional Seating in The Forum We are very grateful to our Parents’ And Friends’ Association who contributed funds towards the purchase of new furniture in 2018 increasing the area available to students for eating and informal meeting space by 27%.

Science Lab Refurbishment Over the past several years we have invested over ÂŁ345,000 to upgrade our Science facilities and will continue to do so. These upgrades have been funded by parental donations, matched funding by the school and grants from the Wolfson Foundation. This transformation has been welcomed by the students and staff, and provided modern facilities for science practice and theory, learning and teaching.

Before

After

Data Logging Suite & Prep Room In the summer of 2012, a new Data Logging Suite, to support GCSE and A-Level courses, was created from the old Science Prep Room in the Christie building, at a cost of ÂŁ25,500. At the same time a new Science Preparation Room was created at a cost of ÂŁ44,000. This enables teachers and technicians to professionally support Chemistry and Physics practical work as well as improving health and safety for all.

Data Logging Suite

Preparation Room

Music Centre Launched in 2011, the ‘Play Your Part’ Performing Arts campaign raised a phenomenal £1.6 million. The centrepiece of the Music Centre is a flexible area that can be transformed into a150-seat performance space for our many choirs, bands and ensembles. There are nine practice rooms, including a Drum Room, also available to students who take lessons with specialist peripatetic teachers.

Window & Door Replacement The Christie and Downs Buildings date from 1956. The Miller Block and Annex date back to the 1960s. The windows were no longer fit for purpose. During the academic year 2012 - 2013 the windows and doors in the Christie, Downs, Miller Block and Annex buildings were replaced at a cost total cost of ÂŁ805,000.

Sixth Form Upgrades Sixth Form Café (£42,000) - New dedicated social space for Sixth Form students.

Unique menu for Sixth Form students.

Sixth Form Study Area (£28,000) - The area was repainted and had new carpet and furniture installed.

Sixth Form Upgrades Sixth Form Entrance Lobby (£16,000) - The area was repainted and the toilets have been refurbished.

Air Conditioning (£7,714.50) - Wycombe High School Parents’ and Friends’ Association contributed money to install air conditioning in the Sixth Form.

New Careers Library Moved Careers Library from Sixth Form to Learning Centre (ÂŁ13,000) Increased access to resources for all year groups.

New Security Barriers & Paths • Main school entrance.

• Additional security barrier between Sixth Form and Christie buildings.

• Created a new path to enhance safety in the car park Total cost £78,000

Additional Outdoor Seating New outdoor seating, umbrellas and tables were purchased benefiting each and every girl providing shelter year round sponsored by PAFA providing year round shelter for students for our ‘Out Days’. These include new English draughts and Chess tables, benches and umbrellas. Students can check out chess and draught pieces from the Learning Centre.

Total Cost £20,000

All-Weather Pitch The ‘Play Your Part’ for Sport Campaign was launched in September 2015 to raise funds for an all-weather pitch with floodlights. The £725,000 cost for the pitch has come from donations to the Future Fund, fundraising events, corporate sponsorship, our Parents’ And Friends’ Association and a pledge from the Garfield Weston Foundation.

Roof Repair The school was successful in their bid to the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s Condition Improvement Fund to repair Miller (including new sky lights), Sports Hall and Drama roofs.

Total cost - ÂŁ442,000

State-of-the-art recording studio equipment.

This facility allows recording of GCSE and A level performance work. All future recitals and productions will be captured for posterity.

Total cost - ÂŁ10,000

Resurfaced Car Parks The car parks at the rear of Downs, Music Centre and Learning Centre have been resurfaced providing increased capacity for guest and staff parking.

Total Cost - ÂŁ15,400

Future Projects Enhanced Safeguarding • Additional security measures to control access to the rear of Downs, Music and the Learning Centre (£25,000) • Controlled access to Reception (£8,000) • Secure access leading to the amphitheatre from the front of school (£15,000) • Additional perimeter fencing (£60,000)

Upgrades to the Hall (£50,000) • Enhancements to the sound system.

• Upgraded seating.

Future Projects Upgrades to Drama Studio (£15,000) • New curtains and storage.

Resurfacing Netball and Tennis Courts (£100,000) Continuing Science Lab Refurbishment (£50,000 per lab) Extending The Forum (£100,000) and Sixth Form Café (£50,000) Audio and Video Feed for the Dressing Room / The Forum (£10,000) Permanent location for the School Shop (£6,000)

Future Projects STEM Centre (£1,800,000) • A new secure ground floor Reception.

• Three new laboratories.

• Lift access to the first floor and hall for mobility impaired people • New pedestrian access.

Summer 2019 Facilities Work • Planned maintenance/servicing includes; lifts, intruder alarm, gas guards, kitchen deep clean and main kitchen extraction clean, air conditioning, emergency lighting, smoke and heat detection, display energy certificates • Both the Main Hall and The Forum floors have been polished • Failed, leaking guttering to the east side of Downs has been replaced

Summer 2019 IT Work • The Main Hall has had a new projector, sound system, control panel and computer installed – access to the AV cabinet at the back of the Hall is no longer required for presentations with audio • Six high-level microphone inputs have been installed above the stage for use during school productions • The remaining fourteen old Epson classroom projectors have been replaced with new projectors • The Sixth Form Common Room has had a projector and sound system installed, making the large space available for school events and training

Summer 2019 IT Work • Phase one of the virtual host server upgrades is completed • Deployment of Office 2019 has started, which brings with it better integration with Office 365 • All thirty-six Technology student computers have been upgraded with solid state hard disks (SSDs) and re-imaged, making them faster and extending the equipment’s useful lifespan • Deployment of SSDs to admin computers has started, making them faster and extending the equipment’s useful lifespan (project still to be completed)

Summer 2019 IT Work • Music’s student computers have had an additional three computers added (project still to be completed) • Deployment of a new wireless network has started, to replace end-of-life products and to improve speed and reliability (project still to be completed) • All servers have been patched and updated